Rethinking MEP: Prefab, Pipelines, and a Better Deal for Women in the Trades0

• Best Practices, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, WORKFORCE
• March 31, 2026

By Thomas Santos, Maxim Consulting Group Let’s face it: walk onto almost any construction site, and you won’t see many women-especially not in hands-on MEP jobs. But things don’t have to stay this way. If MEP companies put real effort into building a strong talent pipeline and lean into prefab, they can actually become some